Vinny Lingham Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Cha...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 2

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Vinny Lingham General Information

Biography

Mr. Vinny Lingham is a Co-Founder & serves as Chairman at Civic Technologies. Mr. Vinodam is also a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Waitroom. Mr. Vinodan is an Angel Investor. He serves as an Executive at LLH Capital. He served as Advisor at Binded. He served as a Board Member at Skyrove. He served as Co-Fund Manager at LionPride Agility VCC. He serves as a General Partner at Multicoin Capital. He serves as a Board Member at Global EIR. He also served as an Advisor at CoinCircle. He is an Advisor of ChromaWay. He also serves as an Advisor at Trixta. He is well-known and well-respected globally as an active technology investor, focusing on Bitcoin and blockchain projects. Formerly CEO and Co-founder of Gyft, a mobile gift card company acquired by First Data Corporation. He is currently CEO and Co-founder of Civic, a leading global blockchain-based digital identity company. A well-known face and icon of tech entrepreneurship on the African continent and one of the founders of the Silicon Cape Initiative. He holds a BCom in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town in 1999.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Chairman, Civic Technologies
Education
University of Cape Town, B.Comm (Bachelor of Commerce)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Email
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Address
  • 548 Market Street
  • Suite 45306
  • San Francisco, CA 94104
  • United States

Vinny Lingham Positions (5)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Civic Technologies Company Co-Founder & Chairman San Francisco, CA Financial Software
LLH Capital Investor Executive Sandton, South Africa PE/Buyout
Multicoin Capital Investor General Partner Austin, TX Venture Capital
Newtown Partners Investor Co-Founder & General Partner Cape Town, South Africa Venture Capital
Rumi Company Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member La Jolla, CA Communication Software

Vinny Lingham Board Seats (2)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Civic Technologies Financial Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
Global EIR Social/Platform Software Privately Held (backing) Accelerator/Incubator Backed Boulder, CO

Vinny Lingham Lead Partner on Deals (54)

Vinny Lingham has been the lead partner on 54 deals. Their latest deal was with dm3, a communication software company. The deal was made for on 12-Sep-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
dm3 12-Sep-2024 Seed Round Completed Communication Software Mittweida, Germany
The Rights 16-Apr-2024 Completed Business/Productivity Software Montclair, NJ
Glif 06-Feb-2024 Completed Financial Software Freeport, Bahamas
Afterparty 20-Sep-2023 Completed Social/Platform Software Los Angeles, CA
Collectibles 13-Jun-2023 Completed Financial Software Mountain View, CA
TipLink 21-Feb-2023 Completed Other Financial Services New York, NY
Spexi 04-Oct-2022 Completed Other Hardware Vancouver, Canada
Sweatcoin 28-Jul-2022 Completed Financial Software London, United Kingdom
Decent (Financial Services) 20-Apr-2022 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Financial Software Miami Beach, FL
Dequency 15-Feb-2022 Seed Round Completed Business/Productivity Software New Castle, DE

Vinny Lingham Network (308)

Board Members (29)

Name Company Representing Location From
Ravi Srivastava Global EIR Self Boulder, CO
Michael Zuckert JD Global EIR SVB Financial Group Boulder, CO
Civic Technologies Self San Francisco, CA
Global EIR Self Boulder, CO
Global EIR Self Boulder, CO

Portfolio Executives (279)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Steffen Kux dm3 Chief Executive Officer 12-Sep-2024 Mittweida, Germany
Heiko Burkhardt dm3 Chief Technology Officer 12-Sep-2024 Mittweida, Germany
The Rights Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Business Officer & Board Member 16-Apr-2024 Montclair, NJ
The Rights Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member & President 16-Apr-2024 Montclair, NJ
Glif Co-Founder 06-Feb-2024 Freeport, Bahamas

Vinny Lingham Advisory Roles (3)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
ChromaWay Company Advisor Stockholm, Sweden Financial Software
Emerge (Electronics) Company Advisor Marina del Rey, CA Electronics (B2C)
Trixta Company Advisor Phoenix, AZ Software Development Applications

Vinny Lingham FAQs

  • Who is Vinny Lingham?

    Mr. Vinny Lingham is a Co-Founder & serves as Chairman at Civic Technologies.

  • How much does Vinny Lingham typically invest?

    Vinny Lingham's median deal size is .

  • What is Vinny Lingham’s main position?

    Vinny Lingham’s primary position is Co-Founder & Chairman.

  • How many active board seats does Vinny Lingham hold?

    Vinny Lingham holds 2 board seats including Civic Technologies and Global EIR.

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